Two guilty of setting illegal self-locking snares

Two men have pleaded guilty of setting illegal self-locking snares in a case brought by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA).

Alasdair Mundell of Lawesknowe Farm, Beattock, Moffat and Mr. McMillan, a 65-year-old retired gamekeeper from Moffat, were both fined £250 at Dumfries Sheriff Court after being charged under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

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The National Anti Snaring Campaign is the UK’s leading animal welfare organisation campaigning against the sale and manufacture of animal snares. We also aim to increase public awareness of the cruelty of snares.